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    THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF LEONARD BERNSTEIN TO MUSIC EDUCATION AND AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT
    (2011-01-27T14:06:22Z) Olsen, Kathleen A.
    The Bernstein legacy defies description, classification and categorization, not surprisingly unlike Bernstein himself. It is an evolving entity which continues to exert influence on the world despite the fact that Leonard Bernstein has been dead since 1990. It is a body of work worthy of study and careful consideration. The sheer volume of achievement in so many areas of endeavor hampered by the apparent lack of satisfaction Bernstein demonstrated with the masterpiece of his life must be noted and absorbed. Yet the ultimate paradox that he gave so much in his relentless striving for self fulfillment leaves us with a formidable force that is really, still striving.
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    THE DERIVATION OF MASONIC SYMBOLISM AND MOZART’S USE OF IT IN THE MAGIC FLUTE
    (2009-08-13T17:46:17Z) Welch, Patty
    Authors such as Manly P. Hall and John J. Robinson have done extensive research on the history and derivation of Freemasonic symbolism, while authors such as Jacques Henry, Jacques Chailley, Neal Zaslaw, and William Cowdery have done extensive research on Masonic symbolism within Mozart’s Opera, The Magic Flute. However, throughout my research for this paper, I have yet to see many, if any resources that make a connection between the two. The goal of this paper is not only to help explain where Masonic symbols come from, but also make the connection between them and The Magic Flute.
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    Post-Bebop Modality: Middle Eastern Musical Style in Davis and Coltrane
    (2008-04-29T20:37:33Z) Witulski, Christopher James
    The purpose of this study is to describe the uses of Middle Eastern and Andalusian musical style in the music of Gil Evans, Miles Davis and John Coltrane with special emphasis on their respective individual interpretations and places within the transition into modality. The study will remain within the period of jazz developmentally following the bebop phase of Charlie Parker and will include artists after the 1970s only in reference to their positions as students of the previous developments and musical figures.
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    The Wanderer's Way: the Grundgestalt and Developing Variation
    (2006-10-12T18:37:52Z) Booth, Christopher
    The grundgestalt, a term of Schoenberg, referring to the initial material of a work that is organically developed through the entire work, is often employed in analysis and discussion of Beethoven and earlier Classicists, and is largely employed in studying the sonata, often described as the “most important design in tonal music”. In order to clarify the nature of Franz Schubert’s compositional process concerning the Wanderer Fantasy, op. 15, this study will explore the organic development of compositional matter from the piece’s motivic material, and the relationship between such material and the form of the work. Through Arnold Schoenberg’s concept of grundgestalt, or “basic shape,” Schubert’s music will be discussed from the perspective of melodic and harmonic relationships as well as form. It is not the intent of this paper to suggest that Schubert’s process is limited to this formula, but simply that Schoenberg’s concept, often applied to the music of Beethoven, is useful in understanding Schubert’s music as well.